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Zither (Ger.) (tsit'-ter)

A string instrument consisting of a shallow box over which pass two sets of strings,-one set of gut for the accompaniment, the other, of steel and brass, pass over a fretted fingerboard; on these The notes are stopped by the left hand, and the melody strings are struck by a plectrum attached to a ring on the thumb of the right hand; the accompaniment is played by the first, second, and third fingers of the right hand.